Looks like we can use an open thread!
Yes, Henry is lying on 4 beds piled high, and snuggling with his favorite stuffed baby.
Nice work if you can get it!
One more week and it’s haircut time.
Sure, Biden doesn’t do everything I wish he would do, but no one ever will.
Biden can do great things or fuck up royally in the next 4 years but one thing I know for sure after those 4 years he won’t try to steal power and become a dictator
Trump on the other hand already tried
— Eric Garcia (@EricG1247) May 1, 2024
Open thread.
Kayla Rudbek
I’m frustrated with the weather as it went from winter straight to summer without a chance to switch over my clothes from winter to summer. And the forecast for the weekend trip will be back to temperatures requiring long pants/tights for cycling, and I need to remember to pack the hiking boots for tramping around the Howard County fairgrounds on Sunday. The only guarantee for the Maryland Sheep and Wool festival is that the Howard County fairgrounds will be muddy.
prostratedragon
That Henry knows how to live.
WaterGirl
If any of you have watched Three Pines, maybe you can clear something up for me.
I just started watching yesterday, and I like it a lot. It’s my latest “treadmill” show.
I had the impression that there were 3 seasons, or 3 stories. But then it looks like there are only two on Prime?
I thought there were going to be 3 parts of the first one, but I just finished the first two and now the third part looks like it might be a new show? Anyway, I’m confused and haven’t had time to google, so if anyone who has watched it wants to fill me in, I will greatly appreciate it!
Heading for bed, but I will check back in the morning, or maybe sooner if I wake up in the middle of the night!
WaterGirl
@Kayla Rudbek: On the bright side, it might be even more annoying if you had already changed over to summer, and then needed to change back.
Enjoy your weekend!
Jackie
I’m amused that TIFG wants to add RFK jr to the debate stage! He didn’t deem his GQP opponents worth debating, but obviously considers Bobby jr a threat 😂
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-fox-news-rfk-jr/
Gloria DryGarden
On this late Beltane night, may we weave together thoughts of what is possible, for kindness, and good, for community, and wellbeing. For our world.
Even even without a maypole or as much as a knot tied in a thread, may it be possible to lean briefly towards the higher intentions and bless ourselves, each other, and our world.
Even when there are inflamed fires, sellers of hopelessness, deceivers, chaos mongers, and terrors, and complex horrors, and ptsd trying to ride up on every inner thread of anxiety, may it be possible to turn toward the goodness and nourishing life we desire.
Spring is sweet, rising in flowers, blooming out of wood on tree branches. May there be sweetness, and growth.
I am holding this thought like a candle, for a light I can look at.
Join me, if you wish, in whatever ways you access the rivers of goodness.
be it so.
(I ought to have been out weeding in the garden, and managing the many tasks, today. Shucks)
Gloria DryGarden
@Kayla Rudbek: in Colorado, it’s always this way. I call it zig zag weather. We dress in layers. It could be cold in the am, heat up to 75, drop below 40 soon after sundown. And if you count on the weather report, you’ll be caught out. We dress as if going on a hike in the mountains, or moving from hot cars to frigid ac.
Little summer tank, under a T, with some increasing layers, long sleeves, a cardigan or a light fleece. Take off, put back on, adjust as the conditions require.
it gets warm, and lovely, and we want to plant summer things right away. But if you do, guaranteed it will snow or frost, the last week of may.
sometimes, although we know it’s just like this, we get cranky about it. We Just get used to one thing, then it changes again. It’s just the way it is.
Kayla Rudbek
@Gloria DryGarden: yes, that’s tough DC weather is usually a bit less zigzag but it tends to run about 5-10 degrees cooler by the ocean so I always have to check the forecast before I pack.
@WaterGirl: that’s true! At least I should be able to pack for weekend activities without too much trouble. I don’t think that I would be able to fit a weaving loom and the tandem bike into the car, so probably not buying a second loom this year.. And I should remember to bring enough shopping bags for the festival.
Pennsylvanian
Oh, I needed that Henry pic tonight. Thank you.
Henry, you are a good boy.
mrmoshpotato
@Kayla Rudbek: The winter-to-summer transition is always fun! So is forgetting how warm such-and-such degrees is!
mrmoshpotato
@prostratedragon: That is one good boy living the life.
eclare
Henry with his ears present and accounted for! Well, ear.
Manyakitty
@Gloria DryGarden: so mote it be.
Manyakitty
Henry 😍
2liberal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Pines
NeenerNeener
@WaterGirl: Amazon did the first 4 books, 2 episodes each. I wish they hadn’t canceled it; with that format there are enough books in the series to have gone for at least 3 more seasons. Although “The Long Way Home” was terrible and they could skip that one.
I see all 8 episodes on Prime right now.
Steeplejack
@WaterGirl:
It’s one season: eight episodes divided into four two-part stories.
MagdaInBlack
@Gloria DryGarden: ❤️
zhena gogolia
@Gloria DryGarden: nice. I needed that
WaterGirl
@eclare: I must have forgotten to attach the second one before I took the pic!
WaterGirl
Thanks for all the Three Pines info! Not sure why Prime is presenting Three Pines to me in such an odd way. Now at least I k ow what I’m looking for!
JML
@NeenerNeener: Huge bummer it got cancelled. Molina was amazing, and they cast the show very well. It was really good, and I’m bummed they didn’t take it further.
WaterGirl
@NeenerNeener: @JML:
Cancelling seems like a really poor decision. Alaska Daily was a great show, also highlighting the plight of Native women, and that was cancelled, too.
Both of these were great shows in their own right, with the added bonus of being informative.
stinger
Henry! **smooches** .